Q: Is 1,457,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 1,457,456 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 1,457,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 44 49 52 56 77 88 91 98 104 112 143 154 169 176 182 196 208 286 308 338 364 392 539 572 616 637 676 728 784 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,183 1,232 1,274 1,352 1,456 1,859 2,002 2,156 2,288 2,366 2,548 2,704 3,718 4,004 4,312 4,732 5,096 7,007 7,436 8,008 8,281 8,624 9,464 10,192 13,013 14,014 14,872 16,016 16,562 18,928 26,026 28,028 29,744 33,124 52,052 56,056 66,248 91,091 104,104 112,112 132,496 182,182 208,208 364,364 728,728 and 1,457,456, with no remainder.

Since 1,457,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 1,457,456, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).